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Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Harrison, Francis Burton, 1873-1957. Francis Burton Harrison papers [manuscript], 1921-1945, no date.

Title: Francis Burton Harrison papers [manuscript], 1921-1945, no date.

Consists chiefly of letters received by Harrison, including a copy of an earlier letter from Woodrow Wilson. Many of the letters are from W. Morgan Shuster on the publicatoin of Manuel Quezon's autobiography. Much of the remaining correspondence is genealogical or congratulates him on the publication of his book on Archibald Cary. Major correspondents include Susan Winter Atkins, Landon C. Bell, Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., Minnie G. Cook, J. Houston Harrison, Martha W. Hiden, William B. Marye, Worth S. Ray, Gertrude R. B. Richards, Elizabeth Hawes Ryland, Clayton Torrence, and Sue Ruffin Tyler. Writers of one or two letters include T. P. Abernethy, Hundson Cary, Richard Heath Dabney, Virginius Dabney, Jay B. Hubbell, Thomas Lomax Hunter, Fiske Kimball, W. Allan Perkins, Howard Worth Smith, James P.C. Southall, Robert H. Webb, and Glenway Wescott. Family letters discuss World War II, particularly Europe after the fall of France, and a move to Charlottesville after fleeing France. Letters of interest include Winfred Babbitt on the Philippine sugar industry in 1945; discussions with Senator Martin on the Philippines sugar industry; Claude G. Bowers on the importance of South America in the Allied/Axis struggle, and the U.S. Embassy in Chile; Harry Payne on Shanghai in 1941; E. G. Swem on a Seabee camp near Williamsburg; Henry A. Wise on anti-New Deal sentiment; and report from Carson Taylor on F.D. Roosevelt's bitterness over the loss of the Philippines. The collection also contains a report to Manuel L. Quezon on the Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations, 1942, and a 1943 letter on the health of Quezon and the difficulty of reconstruction after liberation; a memorandum on the escape of General Manuel Roxas from the Japanese; and Harrison's statement on Phillipine Independence, 1946.

ArchivalResource: 425 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/764681086 View

D. Appleton-Century Company. Correspondence with Elizabeth Robins Pennell, 1933.

Title: Correspondence with Elizabeth Robins Pennell, 1933.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63646645 View

Dickey, Joseph Cortez, 1838-1912. Joseph C. Dickey and family papers, 1860-1935.

Title: Joseph C. Dickey and family papers, 1860-1935.

Biographical information, correspondence, and Civil War documents relating to Joseph C. Dickey's army career (1860-1865); and correspondence (1899-1935) and newspaper clippings (1911) documenting the activities of his son, Bruce G. Dickey, while living in the Philippine Islands and in Teheran, Persia. Dickey, who moved to Minnesota from New York in 1858, joined the Second Company of Minnesota Sharpshooters in October, 1861, was wounded at Antietam in September, 1862, and discharged. He later joined Company I of the 23rd Illinois Infantry Regiment, from which he was discharged in July, 1865. His son, Bruce G., was employed by the Quartermaster Department's Office of Land Transportation and by the Collector of Customs in Manila (1899-1907), and later as one of five U.S. governmental advisors to the Persian government (1911-1912).

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122613737 View

Deitrick, James. James Deitrick papers, 1900-1918.

Title: James Deitrick papers, 1900-1918.

Correspondence, legal and financial papers, extracts, notes, lists, printed material, and maps. Subjects include business speculation and development in Russia, China, Nicaragua, Mexico, and the United States; construction of railroads, development of mining and agricultural lands and resources, sale of farm equipment, and war material. A few items touch on political affairs. Correspondents include Sun Yat-sen, H. C. Stuart, and Herbert Hoover.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear foot.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122510682 View

Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. In the lime-light.

Title: In the lime-light.

Typescript, with corrections in the author's hand, of a four-page fragment of his essay on William Morgan Shuster. Includes a statement signed by Bert Hubbard authenticating the typescript.

ArchivalResource: 5 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37114781 View

Shuster, W. Morgan (William Morgan), 1877-1960. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1912.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1912.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155893903 View

W. Morgan Shuster Papers, 1900-1964, (bulk 1911-1939)

Title: W. Morgan Shuster Papers 1900-1964 (bulk 1911-1939)

Diplomat, financier, lawyer, and publisher. Correspondence, diary, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to W. Morgan Shuster’s diplomatic career in the Philippines and Persia. The scrapbooks are available only on microfilm.

ArchivalResource: 560 items; 11 containers plus 1 oversize; 0.4 linear feet; 1 microfilm reel

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009051 View